St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-28


ceeded by light. puffy breeze from the
northwest and light Intermittent rains.
The sea continued high and prevented the
carrying of a fair spread of canvass, owing
TO the heavy strain it would entail on the
mastS in quick lurches. Navigator Ander-
sons observations show that in the twenty
two hours, thirtythree minutes and thirty
seven seconds which had actually elapsed
between the time of the start and Sunday
noon the Coronet had sailed 243 nautical
miles. Her position was S9.5 81 north lati-
tude and 6S.4l west longitude. The sue
ceeding day was busy one for the sailors.
Both watches were on deck for Il part of
the twenty -four hours. The wind was so
light, puffy and capriciOus that it
required almost continual changing of sails
and hauling of sheets. The sea continued
and the yacht at times rolled
so violently as to threaten the stability of
the spars. The pressure of the wind
against the mainSail was not sufficient to
hold the gatfS steady, and when il appeared
probable early in the morning that the
swaying of the gaff would carry away the
masthead the mainsail was replaced by the
storm trysail. 1t was now thought that
the immense square sail did good service,
for when spread to cOunterbalance the de-
ticiency of canvas aStern it carried the
yacht along much faster, lightened her
much by the head and prevented her taking
such quantities of water on deck, as when
under mainsail the boom used to spread its
foot to wndward. 1t was. however, found
to be impracticable in a
HEAVY BEAM SEA,
owing to its jamming the saddle at the fore
mast, and it was unShipped. Towards sun
set the water became smoother and all the
sails were again set. A calm followed. and
at midnight there was not sufficient air aStir
to flatten the pennant. The distance trav-
eled from Monday noon to Tuesday noon
was 264.3 miles, nearly due east. Early on
Tuesday morning wind arose from the
northeast. and at daylight it blew gale.
The canvas was reduced to double reefed
foresail with the bonnet out and
reefed forestry sail. The boat was bowling
along at the rate of twelve knots, with dry
deck. when between and 9 o'clock in the
morning the wind shifted to south-south-
east, blowing at the rate of sixty miles an
hour. The sudden change caused an ugly
cross sea, the waves breaking over the rails
in rapid succession, and keeping the
decks almost continually submerged.
Toward midnight the wind and sea subsidized
and by "Wednesday morning
the wind got round to the southwest. The
weather was almost an exact repetition of
Tuesday. Early in the evening there was
another brief calm with swell, and when
the breeze next appeared, it came from the
west. moderate enough to allow us to carry
q fair amount of canvas. At : q. NJ. the
first object sighted after the first day out
was brig bound south, but she was not
near enough to be sgnaled. At p. H. a
bound ship. sailing under close
reefed top sails. was sighted six miles 10 the
The distance travelled on an
east by north course on Tuesday was 1S5
miles. and on Wednesday 216.6 miles. On
Thursday noon the barometer, whose ten
dency had been downward for three days,
suddenly dropped
THE STORM
first developed soon after midnight in sharp
squalls from the southwest, with a driving
rain. The wind was fitful for a time, COM
ing variously from south southeast to south
west and south, but finally settled upon
southwest. At 10 a. III it began blowing
with great velocity, and by noon had be-
come hurricane, and two hours later the
winds speed was estimated at eighty miles
an hour. 1t was grand battle of the ele-
ments such as is seldom witnessed. The
waves were almost mountain high. Their
surface was laShed into snow-white foam,
and as the head of one rose higher than an
other the wind carried it off in dense spray,
which. when driven into ones face, felt
like stabs from scores of fine-pointed
needles. The roaring of the winds was
like prolonged peal of thunder, sand the
resemblance was completed by an occasional
vivid flesh of lightning. This was a severe
test for SO small a boat as the Coronet.
AS she sank in the trough of the seas.
it seemed as if the waves, which
We're half-maSt high, would engulf her
Under reefed fore trysailS she was plunged
along by the wind at the rate of nine knots
and despite great volumes of water break
ing over the deck, weathered the storm
wonderfully well. When at 500 p. m. the
fury of the hurricane seemed to be increas-
ing instead of diminishing, Capt. Crosby.
fearful that the yacht would not hold to-
gether long. or, if driven through such a
sea and not being willing to Jeapardze his
own life and the lives of those on board by
running at night where it was reasonable to
suppose that there were icebergs. decided
to lay to until the storm had ceased A
favorable opportunity offering when the
crests of the waves were momentarily eX-
ceptlonally far apart, the vessels head was
brought round
TOWARDS THE WIND.
Held in this position, under only reefed
foreStay sail, she could make little progress
in any direction. At midnight the wind
and sea had moderated considerably and
the schooner was again got under way,
running before the wind with reefed fore
Try sail and forestay sail. The yachts po-
sition Thursday noon was LATITUDE Il, 81,
longitude so, 03, having travelled 211.G
miles since the previous noon. The weather
OH Friday and Saturday, the 18th and 10Th,
began with light breeZeS, and in the after
noon there were gales, though moderate
compared with Thursdays big blow. Sat.
urday was a red letter day, four vessels
being sighted. The first was westward
bound Inman line, which passed three miles
to southwark about s a. m., and
which answered the Coronet's inter.
national code number. An hour later
a ship with all sails set passed
northward, At II o'clock an eastbound
Star steamer carrying the Spanish flag came
from the south. She came alongside, re
was carried on through the bure pennants
ern bound steamer passed north, but toe
far distant to speak. The days run wa!
1875 miles, and the position was latitude Al
46, longitude 30o. Saturday noon the
days run was 205.S miles, and the position
was latitude 41.47, longitude az. 35. Is. The
theory that storms swing around in a circle
was thorougly proved by the experience OF
the second Sunday, when the Coronet raj
through revolving gale which was nearl,
as terrific as that of the 18th. The wine
first issued from the southeast about a
m. and blew at the rate of seventy miles an
hour until s, when it moderated. At 4:3(
HARDLY A BREATH
was stirring. Half an hour later there wa